Long films stay fast
A two-hour film never gets uploaded anywhere. It is read straight from your disk, so length costs you nothing but the time your computer spends generating it.
For film reactors
Movie reaction video editor
Edit first-time-watching movie reactions in your browser. Line your facecam up with the film, pick a layout, and let the editor cut between watching and talking automatically. The film is just the content track: the editor works the same with anything you play.
What people make with it
- First-time watch of a classic
- Director-cut comparisons
- Trailer breakdowns and predictions
- Group watch-alongs
Why it fits this kind of reaction
Video-first layout suits films
Video-first mode keeps the video full-screen with your face in a corner shape while you watch, then swaps to a bigger you the moment you start talking.
✓ Files✓ Sync3 Layout4 Finalize
And then you are on a timeline
A first watch runs long, and long videos live or die on how easy they are to follow. That is what the timeline is for.
- Chapter titles at the moments that matter, so a two-hour reaction gets a spine a viewer can skim
- A shape over one corner when something spoils the ending in the background
- Colour per clip, so a dark cinema scene and your bright room stop fighting each other at every cut
- Your own music under the intro, on its own lane, with its own fade
Everything the editor can doNone of it costs another credit.
Recommended setup for film reactors
Start here
You-first
A feature-length first-watch shows a lot of the original, which is exactly what Content ID flags. You-first lets you keep the film in a smaller, dimmable window while you stay the focus. It is the safest way to react to a whole movie.
Try this setupThe other setups you can use for film reactions
You-first above is just where we'd start, not a rule. Every mode and every control works on any project, and most creators mix them. Here is the main alternative, spelled out the same way, plus the levers you have, so you can pick what fits the video in front of you.
The other main setup
Video-first
Prefer it cinematic? Video-first keeps the film full-screen with your camera in a corner shape, then swaps to a bigger you the moment you talk. It shows more of the original, so if a video ever gets claimed, lean on more frequent cuts to your camera.
Try Video-first instead…and three levers you can mix into either setup
One look, or two
Keep a single look the whole way, or switch to a second one the moment you talk. That highlight look is optional on every project.
Overlay only to the subtitle
Drop your own image over the video at about half opacity and stretch it down just to the subtitle line. Less original shows, and the dialogue stays readable.
Cut as much or as little
Two sliders set how eagerly it cuts to your camera, from heavy to none, and you can change or delete any single cut by hand.
The workflow
Identical for every kind of video: two recordings in, one finished reaction out.
- 1FilesYour camera and the video, each with its sound.
- 2SyncDrag until the two sounds line up.
- 3LookPick Video-first or You-first and place your camera.
- 4GenerateOne generation, one finished video, at your source resolution.
- 5Cuts & saveAutomatic talking cuts, joined without re-encoding.
Finish here, or take it into another editor
Generating gives you the finished final.mp4, and, if you want to keep going, the three full-length files it was built from (the whole film in each look) plus a timeline (EDL, FCPXML, OTIO or CSV) for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or Final Cut. Cut it your own way, or import the timeline to rebuild this exact edit. Nothing to re-render.
most people stop herefinal.mp4Your finished reaction, auto-cut and joined into one file, ready to upload.
…and if you want to take it further, these are yours too:
watching.mp4the whole project, while you watch
any editortalking.mp4the whole project, while you talk
any editorfullscreen.mp4the whole project as just you (intro / outro)
any editortimeline · edl / fcpxml / otio / csvyour exact cut list, ready to import into DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or Final Cut
rebuild the editIf you get a copyright claim
Movies carry the strongest Content ID fingerprints, and a first-watch runs long, so risk is highest here. If you want it to look cinematic, use Video-first but cut to yourself often and keep real commentary going. If a claim would hurt, switch to You-first: shrink the film window, fade it toward barely-visible during quiet stretches, and lay an overlay over it. You decide how much of the film ever appears.
Remember the overlay lever too: you can lay your own image over the film at about half opacity, reaching down only to the subtitle line. It is a strong, simple way to show less of the original on film footage while keeping the dialogue readable.
These are ways to lower the odds, not a guarantee. ReactionCut supplies no footage and never uploads yours. Reaction videos rely on fair use or fair dealing, judged case by case, and Content ID can flag a video regardless. You publish at your own risk, and this is not legal advice. More in the guide →
Pricing
Free
$0.00
forever
- Every editing feature, no limits
- Source resolution, up to 4K
- Unlimited exports, with a watermark
- No account needed
Starter
$5.00
$1.67 per finished video
- 3 finished videos
- No watermark, at full resolution
- Credits never expire
- Three finished videos, enough to see if this is for you.
best value
Creator
$12.00
$1.20 per finished video
- 10 finished videos
- No watermark, at full resolution
- Credits never expire
- Ten videos, a couple of months of weekly uploads.
Studio
$25.00
$0.83 per finished video
- 30 finished videos
- No watermark, at full resolution
- Credits never expire
- Thirty videos, for a serious upload schedule.
1 credit = 1 finished video. You spend it by pressing Generate in the editor, and only if that generation actually finishes. A cancelled or failed one costs nothing, and re-cutting or saving that same video again is free. Everything else (editing, syncing, previewing, and exporting with a watermark) never costs a credit. No subscription.
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